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This week in 1992, Eric Clapton’s career got kicked a notch up when he recorded his non-electric unplugged session for MTV. The set which included his current hit at the time Tears in Heaven and a acoustic Layla. This version of the song helped Eric earn six Grammy Awards for the album including Record of the Year.

The blogosphere is still buzzing about Miley Cyrus’ risqué performance at MTV's Video Music Awards, with some people taking a step back to ask a very basic question: why is MTV honoring videos, since it so rarely plays them anymore?

Very late last night brought the news that MTV's 'Buckwild' would officially halt production, canceling the series after the tragic accident that took the life of 21-year-old star Shain Gandee and two others via carbon monoxide poisoning. Today MTV has issued its official statement on the matter, with plans to aid a special dedicated to Gandee this Sunday, but producer J.P. Williams had some harsh words for the cable network over the cancellation of MTV's 'Buckwild.'

Just over a week ago brought the tragic news that 21-year-old 'Buckwild' star Shain Gandee died of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, along with his uncle and a friend in rural West Virginia. Following the tragedy, MTV postponed a decision on 'Buckwild's' second season, but now it seems the network has officially decided to halt production on the Appalachian reality series.

At the recent MTV Europe Music Awards, things took a turn for the nude soon after Hayden Panettiere stepped up to the podium to present for Best Song. Unfortunately for Panettiere’s legion of male fans the flesh belonged to a streaker David Monahan, who rushed on to the stage while wearing only his birthday suit, made small talk with the former ‘Heroes’ star and eventually invited her out after the show “for a pint.”

On August 1, 1981, television and music shacked up on a little cable channel called MTV, hosted by a collective of video jockeys or “VJs.” MTV has been through countless iterations and format changes ever since and as it shifted its focus to reality fare like 'Jersey Shore' and 'Teen Mom' in recent years, the VJs became less instrumental to the channel's brand.

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